ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, ficc. Ob' THE BRIIISH MUSEUM. 



Among these, the following may be distinguished, viz.: — 



Autograph Note Book of Sir Francis liacon; containing memoranda relative to official 

 and private affairs, schemes of literary works, etc., from July 1608 to October 1609. From 

 the Tenison Library. 



Five volumes of transcripts of Parliamentary Papers, from March 1643 to December 

 1648. Many of them unpublished. 



Three volumes of copies of Despatches of Nicolo Erizzo, Venetian Ambassador to Spain 

 in the years 1727-1729, and to Vienna in 1735-1737. 



Thirteen volumes of Papers relating to the family of Paston, of Norfolk ; including all 

 the original Letters of the fifth volume of the series of " Paston Letters," edited by Sir 

 John Fenn, with about 300 additional and unpublished Letters of the 15th century, and 

 about 310 of ihe 16th and 17th centuries, togetiier with about fifty charters, wills, and 

 other documents, and papers relating to the Printed work. 



Six volumes of Correspondence and Household Accounts of the families of Gawdy and 

 Mundeford, of Norfolk, of the 16th and 17th centuries. 



Correspondence and family papers of James Gillray, the caricaturist, 1751-1830. 



Autograph copies of Poems of Allan Ramsay in two volumes. 



A Register of Charters of the family of Sibthorpe; of the 14th century. Vellum. 



Mariui Sanudo's Latin work on the recovery of the Holy Land, with miniatures, and 

 with complete series of Letters and Maps; of the 14th century. Vellum. 



The " Roman de la Rose," with drawings in camdieu-gris ; of the 15th century. Vellum. 



Legends of Saints Catharine, Cecilia, etc., in Italian, with several very fine miniatures, 

 by an artist of the school of Giotto; 14th century. Vellum. 



The Herbarium of Serapion, beautifully written and illuminated, and illustrated with 

 coloured drawings, fur the Duke of Carrara ; of the end of the 14th century. Vellum. 



A fragment of an Italian Novelliero, with coloured drawings; of the end of ihe 14th 

 century. Vellum. 



Ten volumes of Statutes, and other books, of the Orisons, in the Ladine dialect. 



Five volumes of Papers relating to Egyptian hieroglyphical inscriptions, by Dr. Thomas 

 Young, Presented by Miss Chambers. 



Eight Hebrew Manuscripts, from the 13th to the 16th century. 



Nine Persian Manuscripts, from the 16th to the 18th century. 



Move than six hundred Cliarters, with other papers, relating to the family of Calverley, 

 of Yorkshire and Cheshire, dating from the 12th century. Presented bv Sir Walter C. 

 Trevelyan, Bart. 



About fifty Rolls and Charters relating to Norfolk and Suffolk, including Rentals and 

 Household Accounts of Dukes of Norfolk, dated from 1385 to 1423. 



30. The number of deliveries of Manuscripts in the Reading Room during the year was 

 20,576; and of volumes used by Artists and Readers in the rooms of the Department, 

 1,888, in addition to those shown to visitors. 



Edward A. Bond. 



Department of Oriental Antiquities. 



,' L — Arrangement. 



% In the Egyptian division, additional presses have been added to the table-cases in the 



^ second Egyptian Room, and tbe table portion of the same cases glazed with plate glass. 



Progress lias been made in the incorporation of Egyptian acquisitions. 



245 Egyptian objects and 17 portions of papyri have been examined and catalogued. 



Seven long pieces of Egyptian papyri and linen have been cleaned and mounted ; tind 

 three long pieces have been iframed, glazed, and placed for public exhibition on the walls of 

 the North West Staircase. 



One large Egyptian object has been mounted on a granite, and two others on Caen stone 

 pedestals. 



One large bronze figure of Osiris, placed under a glass case in the Egyptian Galleries, 

 and 102 smaller objects mounted and exhibited. 



Two volumes of the Egyptian catalogue have been rebound to incorporate additional 

 slips ; and the catalogue of Gnostic Gems has been bound. 

 I The account of the Oriental Antiquities in the Guide Book, has been corrected and 



enlarged for the new edition. 



Progress has been made in the revision of the lithographic facsimiles of Egyptian 

 inscribed stones preparing for publication. 



Additional shelves have been fitted to the wall cases in the Assyrian side-roora, and the 

 contents of the cases re-ananged, to admit of the incorporation of additional objects, on 

 account of the want of space. 



Progress has been made in glazing for better preservation of the sculptures in the Assyrian 

 basement, and the whole of the reliefs of the eastern wall of that room are now protected 

 by plate glass. 



Some additional portions of sculpture and inscriptions have been fixed to the eastern 

 wall of the Kouyunjik Gallery. 



249. C 3 Progress 



